June 4 - 11
Austria & Indonesia
Austria & Indonesia
Please NOTE: When you RSVP for a program, you will receive a confirmation email but you will not receive the link to the screening website and the discount code until the day the screening period starts!
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Brief discussions following each program compare and contrast the films and the topics with special discussants:

Yudho Sasongko, Public Diplomacy Coordinator, Indonesian Embassy
Eva Schöfer, Director, Austrian Cultural Forum
Moderator: Adam Wojciechowicz, Public Affairs Specialist, Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C.
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Featuring video messages from the directors!
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All films are subtitled in English, unless otherwise noted.
Jesus, Aliens! I think.
Austria, 2020, 29 min.
Director: Sophie Bösker
Jesus, Aliens! I think. is a documentary about the director herself, who, fearful about being left alone in a big city fled to her parents’ house at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis in spring 2020. In a very intimate but humorous way the film tells the story of a family that spent three months of lockdown in isolation.
Pindah Rumah
Indonesia, 2018, 26 min.
Director: Muhajir
How far has the modern world changed our way of life? Will traditional values and virtues of cultures remain relevant? Pindah Rumah is a tradition of building and moving houses of the Bugis-Makassar Community in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Letters from a Window
Austria, 4 min.
Directors: Nigel Gavus & Ilkin Beste Cırak
In this artistic commentary on the pandemic crisis of 2020/21 a young woman is trapped in the drama of memory, whose experience lies in the ability to overcome the situations that occurred with Covid-19.
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